Is it dignified at all?
By DoctorDidi
@DoctorDidi (7018)
India
October 12, 2012 11:59am CST
Recently after withdrawal of support of the Trinamul Congress party (TMC) from the present UPA government, I was watching a television channel showing the interview of Mamata Banerjee, the Supremo of TMC. I was horrified to see a chief minister mimicking a prime minister. In politics, there may be differences in opinions and views among parties and even leaders belonging to the same party. Every party has the democratic right to oppose and criticize or even attack politically any other party which may be the ruling party or the opposition. Any party can even target a particular leader or a few leaders for the purpose. But that must be a political attack and never a personal one. It should always be done in a dignified way. But the way Mamata Banerjee mimicked the prime minister crossed the level of dignity, I think. Have you watched that interview? How did you react to it?
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5 responses
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
15 Oct 12
Wow!! When was this. I have not seen this interview. But if what you say is correct this is really the bottoming out of Indian politics. I agree with you that disagreeing with each other is fine, but getting personal and doing such kinds of mockery is something that is not really a great thing for the politicians.
Cheers!
Ram
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
15 Oct 12
It was really unfortunate and shocking. Her behaviour as the Chief Minister of a state belittled her and not the Prime Minister, I think. If Ms Banerjee had been mimicked in a similar way, she would certainly have taken action against the offender. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a professor of Jadavpur University, had to pay dearly for merely forwarding a cartoon lampooning the Chief Minister on a social networking site. Ms Banerjee had then justified Mahapatra's arrest and the treatment meted out to him. But now, can she justify her own behaviour?
@subhojit10 (7375)
• India
12 Oct 12
Thanks for sharing this discussion. Well i have watched only a small portion of that interview and found it completely vague. In politics u will always find disagreement among the people and in such cases we have to show our true character to stay firm and honest and not by blaming and throwing all the allegations on some one else.
What say?
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
12 Oct 12
yes. I know doctordidi would have felt bad while seeing it. but politics is a dirty place and in that such things are accepted. very sad.
@natliegleb (5173)
• India
13 Oct 12
sometimes they seem to act dignified which in real world sense its absolutely horrible and i too hate it for sure
@ravisivan (14082)
• India
12 Oct 12
I did not watch the television channel you are mentioning. But in politics it is quite common to criticise others and for that they do mimicry. In tamil nadu politics it is quite normal. DMK will tell bad about ADMK and vice versa. which channel did you watch?
